EP0869825B1 - Locking mechanism for a spring-actuated device - Google Patents

Locking mechanism for a spring-actuated device Download PDF

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EP0869825B1
EP0869825B1 EP96943116A EP96943116A EP0869825B1 EP 0869825 B1 EP0869825 B1 EP 0869825B1 EP 96943116 A EP96943116 A EP 96943116A EP 96943116 A EP96943116 A EP 96943116A EP 0869825 B1 EP0869825 B1 EP 0869825B1
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output drive
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Joachim Eicher
Michael Schyra
Richard Forster
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/0065—Inhalators with dosage or measuring devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
    • B05B11/109—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle the dispensing stroke being affected by the stored energy of a spring
    • B05B11/1091—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle the dispensing stroke being affected by the stored energy of a spring being first hold in a loaded state by locking means or the like, then released

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  • the invention concerns a locking (latchable) stressing (loading) mechanism for a spring-actuated output drive device and is particularly, though not exclusively, concerned with such a device by which a high pressure is produced in a fluid for example by means of a piston in a cylinder.
  • One aim of the invention is to provide a locking stressing mechanism suitable for a miniaturised high-pressure producing device.
  • the invention has been particularly, though not exclusively, developed for application to metered dose inhalers (MDI's) such as those disclosed in US Patent No. 5497944 (derived from WO91/14468).
  • Pressure generally at least 50 bar
  • a metered amount of fluid which is discharged through a nozzle assembly having one or more very small openings e.g. in the range 25 to 500 square micrometres.
  • Preferred nozzle assemblies are disclosed in US Patent No. 5472143 (and parallel WO 94/07607).
  • An energy storage means such as a spring, is preferably manually loaded e.g. by a rotary sawtooth wedge arrangement as disclosed in US Patent No. 4260082 and GB Patent Application No. 2291135.
  • a latching mechanism is generally provided to hold the spring in the loaded position and is manually releasable to pressurise the metered amount of fluid e.g. using a piston and cylinder arrangement.
  • a reservoir and valve arrangement can be provided for recharging the cylinder. Further details are described in WO97/12687.
  • the means for storing the mechanical energy is generally a spring which is coupled to a guided or supported component, referred to as the quick-motion portion.
  • a locking member prevents the quick-motion portion from moving and liberates it in a predetermined manner.
  • aerosols produced by atomisation or spraying of liquid medicaments are used for treating ailments of the respiratory tracts in humans or for the treatment of asthmatic conditions.
  • a high pressure in respect of the fluid is required in order to produce the small droplet size necessary for the aerosol.
  • the high pressure is generally produced by a piston movable in a cylinder.
  • WO-92/20455 discloses a mechanical self-actuated system for medicament atomising dispensers. This device uses a spring-loaded self-actuated mechanical system which during the actuation stroke comprises a spring-loading step and a subsequent automatic snap-release of the stored energy, which actuates the dispensing pump automatically and independently from any further action of the user.
  • US-5 263 475 discloses an inhaler for introducing a metered amount of powdered solids into a stream of air breathed in by the user of the inhaler.
  • a drive mechanism is used to meter the amount of solids powder to be inhaled.
  • the dose of solids powder is inhaled when the user breathes in an air stream which is conducted through air channels within the inhaler.
  • Another aim of the invention is to develop a locking stressing mechanism which, even in relation to high spring forces, is simple and reliable to operate.
  • a locking stressing mechanism for a spring-actuated output drive device comprising:
  • the spring is preferably a coil spring or a plate or diaphragm spring which acts as a tension spring or as a compression spring and which is preferably cylindrical.
  • the spring is stressed by means of a force step-up transmission means, for example a screw thrust transmission means, by means of which the spring is stressed by an external torque which may be manually applied.
  • a force step-up transmission means for example a screw thrust transmission means
  • an upper housing portion and the output drive member include a single-flight or multi-flight wedge drive.
  • Such a transmission means is arranged between the drive for stressing the spring and the spring.
  • the locking member can be a ring which is radially elastically deformable in itself or a rigid ring with cam projections or a rigid ring with leaf springs formed thereon or a rigid ring which can be subjected to a spring prestressing effect by one or more metal springs.
  • the ring can be closed or open and may comprise a plurality of and preferably two parts.
  • the locking member comprises plastics material or metal. It is arranged displaceably in a plane perpendicular to the cylinder axis or it is deformable in said plane.
  • the locking member is actuated by means of a release button which is coupled or connected to the locking member.
  • a release button of this kind and therewith the locking member are generally displaced parallel to the plane of the ring, more particularly and preferably towards the cylinder axis, or the locking member is radially deformed in the plane of the ring.
  • the travel of the output drive member is precisely delimited by defined abutments.
  • the drive member is a flange on a further output member.
  • the locking member forms an optionally interrupted closed ring but it could be in the form of an open ring or yoke. It is also desirable that the locking member engages the abutment means in such a way as to minimise the risk of tilting and binding of the output drive member. This may for example be achieved by arranging for engagement at least at two positions which are substantially diametrically opposite each other.
  • Figure 1a is a view in longitudinal section through a locking stressing mechanism.
  • the upper cylindrical housing portion 1 engages over the spring housing 2 to which it is connected by way of snap-engagement projections 3.
  • the snap-engagement projections 3 are disposed on the outside of the spring housing 2 and extend over two mutually oppositely disposed circular segments each of about 30°. They engage into a peripherally extending groove on the inside of the upper housing portion.
  • the two housing portions are therefore rotatable relative to each other.
  • Disposed in the spring housing 2 is the compression spring 4 which is generally already prestressed when the two housing portions are fitted together.
  • the compression spring 4 is supported on a peripherally extending projection at the lower end of the spring housing and on the output drive member 5 which is arranged displaceably in axis-parallel relationship between the upper housing portion and the spring housing and which in turn presses against the upper housing portion 1.
  • the cylindrical cup-shaped output drive member is mounted slidably in the cylindrical bore of housing 2 but projects into the upper housing portion.
  • the annular locking member 6 extends around the output drive member.
  • the release button 7 which is mounted on the locking member projects laterally out of the upper housing portion.
  • the member 5 is a flange on a hollow piston (not shown) reciprocable in a cylinder (not shown) in the upper housing portion which is connected to an atomising means.
  • the lower end of the piston is connected to a reservoir (not shown), the whole mechanism being part of an MDI.
  • the collar of the cup-shaped output drive member generally includes two sawtooth-shaped recesses against which two saw teeth in the upper housing portion slide.
  • the saw teeth and recesses are shown in highly simplified form in Figure la.
  • the annular locking member is displaced perpendicularly to the axis of the housing between the upper edge of the output drive member and an annular projection in the upper housing portion and holds the output drive member and the compression spring which is (additionally) stressed by the displacement of the output drive member, fast in the position attained.
  • the average spring force is 10 to 150 N. Between the upper and lower rest position of the output drive member the spring force alters approximately by ⁇ 10% of the average spring force.
  • Pressing the release button 7 causes the annular locking member to be pushed back perpendicularly to the axis of the housing whereby the path of movement of the output drive member is cleared.
  • the compression spring pushes the output drive member upwardly over a predetermined distance and in so doing actuates a component (not shown) which is connected to the output drive member, for example a piston in a cylinder.
  • Figure 1a shows the locking stressing mechanism with the output drive member in its upper rest position and with the locking member disengaged.
  • Figure 1b shows the locking stressing mechanism with the output drive member in its lower rest position and with the locking member engaged.
  • the abutment 8 is the means for delimiting the travel of the output drive member in the lower rest position thereof while the abutment 9 is the means for delimiting the travel in the upper rest position thereof.
  • Figures 2a and 2b show a view in cross-section through the locking stressing mechanism at the level of the middle of the annular locking member, more specifically Figure 2a corresponding to the condition of the locking stressing mechanism as shown in Figure 1a in the disengaged position of the locking member and Figure 2b corresponding to the condition of the locking stressing mechanism as shown in Figure 1b with the locking member in the engaged position.
  • Figures 3a to 6b show a number of embodiments according to the invention of the annular locking member, more specifically partly in cross-section approximately at the level of the middle of the annular locking member and partly as a plan view with the bottom of the upper housing portion in section.
  • Figures 3a, 4a, 5a and 6a show the locking member in the disengaged position while Figures 3b, 4b, 5b and 6b show the locking member in the engaged position.
  • a bevelled cam projection 11 is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the locking member 10.
  • a further bevelled cam projection 12 is disposed on the upper edge of the spring housing 2. Towards the end of the rotary movement of the upper housing portion relative to the spring housing the two cam projections come to bear against each other with their bevelled sides and the cam projection on the spring housing pushes the locking member 10 into the engaged position. When the release button is actuated the locking member is pushed back into the disengaged position and the path of movement of the output drive member is cleared.
  • the locking member 13 is provided with two integrated springs 14 which urge the locking member in the upper rest position of the locking stressing mechanism against the outer peripheral surface of the output drive member 5. As soon as the upper edge of the output drive member 5 has been pressed through the locking member the locking member is displaced by the force of the integrated springs into the engaged position shown in Figure 4b. When the release button is actuated the locking member is pushed back into the disengaged position against the force of the integrated springs and the path of movement of the output drive member is cleared.
  • Figure 5a shows a locking member 15 whose prestressed arcuate portions 16 initially press against the outer peripheral surface of the output drive member 5. As soon as the upper edge of the output drive member has been pressed through the locking member the prestressed arcuate portions 16 jump over the upper edge of the output drive member into the engaged position. When the release button is actuated the arcuate portions 16, by virtue of their bending loading, are urged outwardly and clear the way for displacement of the output drive member.
  • Figure 6a shows a two-part locking member 17 with integrated springs.
  • Each spring portion 18 is rotatably mounted on an axis 19.
  • a projection 20 is disposed on the inside of each spring portion. As soon as the upper edge of the output drive member has been pressed through the locking member the projections 20 jump over the upper edge of the output drive member into the engaged position. When the release button is actuated the spring portions 18 are urged outwardly with the projections 20 and clear the way for displacement of the output drive member.
  • a locking stressing mechanism as just described with reference to the drawings has the following advantages:

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